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senator, were you shocked as many of us when this treaty was not approved by the united states senate? >> i was absolutely astonished, shocked and surprised especially given the presence of former senator dole in the well of the chamber, present physically there, even in somewhat weakened state, but a reminder, as you put it very well, the roots of the republican party, and the bipartisanship that should surround this issue. so it was a very poignant, and truly sad moment for i think all of us to see the 307 plus republican senators who voted against it despite the instincts of bob dole and others in the party. >> eliot: my sense is, and tell me if i'm wrong this extends principles of law that is all right existent in the united states. it does not alter u.s. law. it does not change u.s. law in any way. what was the opposition of the republican party? i struggled all day to find a rational opposition, a rational argument. >> well, there were all kinds of very very unfounded charges made about this law. you're absolutely right. it does not in any way enhance or extend united states law
senator, were you shocked as many of us when this treaty was not approved by the united states senate? >> i was absolutely astonished, shocked and surprised especially given the presence of former senator dole in the well of the chamber, present physically there, even in somewhat weakened state, but a reminder, as you put it very well, the roots of the republican party, and the bipartisanship that should surround this issue. so it was a very poignant, and truly sad moment for i think all...
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. >> some republicans in the senate led drive to reject the united states treaty on the right of disabled to say it threatened the sovereignty. that included former senator bob dole and wife elizabeth. dole was disabled in world war ii. the 89-year-old republican was hospitalized but came to the senate today to push for the treaty. colorado michael bennett will be the chairman of the democratic senatorial campaign committee for 2014 election cycle. they have asked debbie waserman schultz to stay on as chairperson. that announcement came this week. republicans and democrats are fighting about the fiscal cliff. we'll talk about today's developments, where we are, where we could be. the fox all-stars when we return. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, children laughing ] move to the country, d live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not comm
. >> some republicans in the senate led drive to reject the united states treaty on the right of disabled to say it threatened the sovereignty. that included former senator bob dole and wife elizabeth. dole was disabled in world war ii. the 89-year-old republican was hospitalized but came to the senate today to push for the treaty. colorado michael bennett will be the chairman of the democratic senatorial campaign committee for 2014 election cycle. they have asked debbie waserman schultz...
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john kerry instead, guess what happens in the united states senate? massachusetts suddenly has an open u.s. senate seat as well as a certain republican senator from that state who is basically just sitting around doing nothing since he just lost his re-election effort. i know this sounds crazy. i'm fully aware of that fact. that's kind of part of the point. honestly, it is getting harder and harder to find a rational explanation forle all of this republican hand ringing. it has been been going on. there are legitimate questions to ask about what happened during that attack on our consulate in libya. those questions deserve answers. they are being investigated. there also may be legitimate questions to ask about susan rice as a potential secretary of state. that's not what's going on. there is this add dimension to what's going on right now that is really strange. >> i just believe that she has actually disqualified herself to be secretary of state. if the president wants an easy confirmation hearing and an easy confirmation process, what he would do i
john kerry instead, guess what happens in the united states senate? massachusetts suddenly has an open u.s. senate seat as well as a certain republican senator from that state who is basically just sitting around doing nothing since he just lost his re-election effort. i know this sounds crazy. i'm fully aware of that fact. that's kind of part of the point. honestly, it is getting harder and harder to find a rational explanation forle all of this republican hand ringing. it has been been going...
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it was a sad moment in the history of the united states senate. that only eight republicans would join every democratic senator in voting for the ratification of this treaty on disabilities. some of these colleagues may have another chance. maybe next year we'll have another go at it. i certainly hope senator dole will be here to join us and see that happy day. but yesterday was a sad day for the senate, a sad day for our nation. we owe a debt of gratitude to the disabled, who work so hard, to the disabled veterans, who testified and worked so hard for the passage of this, and we owe it to them and disabled around the world to give them a chance, a chance for an opportunity which has become the law across america and needs to be the law across this nation. whatever the petty political squabbles were that led to this vote yesterday, we need to put them behind us. it is important for us in the 21st century to speak as one on a bipartisan basis for the disabled. i yield the floor. mr. hatch: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from ut
it was a sad moment in the history of the united states senate. that only eight republicans would join every democratic senator in voting for the ratification of this treaty on disabilities. some of these colleagues may have another chance. maybe next year we'll have another go at it. i certainly hope senator dole will be here to join us and see that happy day. but yesterday was a sad day for the senate, a sad day for our nation. we owe a debt of gratitude to the disabled, who work so hard, to...
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one of the lessons you learn here in the united states senate you live to vote another day. this treaty is not dead forever. it just stopped yesterday. we're going to bring this treaty back. we're going to bring it back next winter when we get back here. we'll do another set of hearings. we'll expose the phoniness of these arguments that have been made. and once we're out of the lame duck atmosphere with the fiscal crisis, i know there are republicans who have told me they will vote for this treaty. i think we just have to change the dynamics. i am perfectly prepared to put additional language into the resolution ratification that addresses any concern that was expressed yesterday on the floor. i'm convinced we can get there. and that's one of the things you need to do in the senate, is always believe in the next vote, the next possibilities, and not spend a lot of time opening raw wounds. >> i do want to ask you about syria because hillary clinton today in brussels expressed her concerns about the security of the chemical weapons and whether this regime is at a tipping poin
one of the lessons you learn here in the united states senate you live to vote another day. this treaty is not dead forever. it just stopped yesterday. we're going to bring this treaty back. we're going to bring it back next winter when we get back here. we'll do another set of hearings. we'll expose the phoniness of these arguments that have been made. and once we're out of the lame duck atmosphere with the fiscal crisis, i know there are republicans who have told me they will vote for this...
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. >> i'm sure marco rubio visited area many, many times before he was a united states senator. >> yeah. >> these people would tell you this isn't about a presidential race, but of course it is about taking the temperature there. there are a lot of republicans thinking about running in 2016. i think some of those decisions will be contingent on who's running. jeb bush is about as big a fish as you could find in the republican pond. there probably isn't enough room if for both him and marco rubio to run. paul ryan i think is a potential candidate in 2016 and then a number of others, bob mcdonald, the governor of virginia. if he finds something that's helpful to him to raise his profile. i think these guys are trying to get an idea of what the contributions would be like. what the field looks like. what kind of platform they could put together to appeal to the voters that mitt romney did not. obviously, mitt romney had a huge deficit with african-american voters, hispanic voters and women voters, so i think these potential candidates are trying to map it out. >> david corn, when george w.
. >> i'm sure marco rubio visited area many, many times before he was a united states senator. >> yeah. >> these people would tell you this isn't about a presidential race, but of course it is about taking the temperature there. there are a lot of republicans thinking about running in 2016. i think some of those decisions will be contingent on who's running. jeb bush is about as big a fish as you could find in the republican pond. there probably isn't enough room if for both...
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job as our ambassador to the united nations. and of course, this decision about my successor is up to the president. >> today, republican senators continued to try to open up the massachusetts senate seat that scott brown could run for. >> i think john kerry would be an excellent appointment and would be easily confirmed by his colleagues. >> if the president wants an easy confirmation hearing and process, nominate john kerry, who is imminently qualified to be secretary of state and i believe he would sail through in the nominating process. >> joining me now, ari mel ber. ari, you're coming to us tonight from kerry country, boston and i've got to think this is a horrible moment for senator kerry. you don't want to be the guy who gets praise from the mindless attackers of susan rice. >> yeah, i don't think he wants any part of this very weird boomerang play the republicans are trying to practice. he knows her well because as chairman of foreign relations committee, he oversees the state department, looking at the diplomacy and am
job as our ambassador to the united nations. and of course, this decision about my successor is up to the president. >> today, republican senators continued to try to open up the massachusetts senate seat that scott brown could run for. >> i think john kerry would be an excellent appointment and would be easily confirmed by his colleagues. >> if the president wants an easy confirmation hearing and process, nominate john kerry, who is imminently qualified to be secretary of...
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and senator lee just admitted it doesn't affect any law in the united states. all it does is create a committee on the rights of persons with disabilities. what can this committee do? all it can do is review reports and make a suggestion. are we scared in the united states of america of someone making a suggestion to us about how we might do something? has no recourse in the court, no legal standing. the foreign relations committee even included language in the resolution of advice and consent to make it crystal clear. so what are we agrade fraid of? -- afraid of? that the committee would give us this advice? the second misconception is that this will allow the federal government acting under u.n. instructions to determine what is best for children with disabilities. again, mr. president, that is just flat wrong. the treaty does not give the federal government or any state government any new powers with respect to children with disabilities. it doesn't change the balance of power between federal and state government. it doesn't require any change to existing st
and senator lee just admitted it doesn't affect any law in the united states. all it does is create a committee on the rights of persons with disabilities. what can this committee do? all it can do is review reports and make a suggestion. are we scared in the united states of america of someone making a suggestion to us about how we might do something? has no recourse in the court, no legal standing. the foreign relations committee even included language in the resolution of advice and consent...
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the united states. megyn: joining me now is ambassador john bolton, a former ambassador to the united nations and the fox news contributor. this situation seems to be going from bad to worse in syria. bashar al-assad continues to massacre his own people. now we are supposed to believe, as things continue spiraling downward in the nation, what we are supposed to trust him? his grip on power is loosening? >> i think it is entirely possible that bashar al-assad would use chemical weapons. especially due to the collapse of his regime. there are other less threatening explanations. he is just moving the weapons were the agents out of range or preparing for an enclave strategy if the country falls apart. you know, the united states and western options are kind of difficult here. if assad does begin to use the chemical agent, are people on the ground would be at risk. it's hard to see exactly what the administration is planning. whether this threat actually moved assad to change the policy is hard to judge at
the united states. megyn: joining me now is ambassador john bolton, a former ambassador to the united nations and the fox news contributor. this situation seems to be going from bad to worse in syria. bashar al-assad continues to massacre his own people. now we are supposed to believe, as things continue spiraling downward in the nation, what we are supposed to trust him? his grip on power is loosening? >> i think it is entirely possible that bashar al-assad would use chemical weapons....
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states senate. there was a call for a conference and in a practice that is somewhat different from that you observed today in the congress, at least for the last several congresses, at that time you actually had a physical conference where you had members from the senate and the house representing those two sides of the capitol meeting in public session, attempting to try and work out a conference report. i recall meeting in a large room where the table, as it was set up, was very large to accommodate all the members of the house and all the members of the senate who were there attempting to try and deal with the issue, and our staffs assisting us. and we spent i think actually an entire month in conference attempting to work out a conference report. we were unsuccessful. we came back in 1985, in the new congress, and began working. both in the senate and the house. and at that time the name of the bill, the common name of the bill changed from the old name to the new name. and i recall being at thi
states senate. there was a call for a conference and in a practice that is somewhat different from that you observed today in the congress, at least for the last several congresses, at that time you actually had a physical conference where you had members from the senate and the house representing those two sides of the capitol meeting in public session, attempting to try and work out a conference report. i recall meeting in a large room where the table, as it was set up, was very large to...
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we have new united states senators. president obama and vice president biden are back in their offices. we have had new office holders elected in many states and local communities as well. and while we have a lot of change in the elected offices, we all know that a big part of government relates to what we refer to as the executive branch and that means various departments of government and agencies within those departments of government. and those people work very hard. they are committed to the american people. they are not elected. and many times we do not even know who they are. now, today i want to raise an issue that is vitally important to all of the american people. because on or about december 10, the levels of water on the mississippi river are going to be so shallow between st. louis, missouri, and cairo, illinois, and then on top of that because of rock tentacles between red tower and theebs, illinois, that river traffic may come to a halt on the mississippi river. and that means there's going to be millions
we have new united states senators. president obama and vice president biden are back in their offices. we have had new office holders elected in many states and local communities as well. and while we have a lot of change in the elected offices, we all know that a big part of government relates to what we refer to as the executive branch and that means various departments of government and agencies within those departments of government. and those people work very hard. they are committed to...
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director during my first term in the united states senate. over the years, bailey has been a friend to my entire family, a trusted confidante, a reliable sounding board for my legislative district and statewide agendas. for more than three decades, i have been truly fortunate to have her at my side providing knowledgeable advice and a commonsense approach to many issues that face members of the house and senate. bailey is a people person, who understands how to work in washington affects the everyday lives of marylanders, and she regularly reminds my staff and me of that fact. bailey's knowledge of baltimore and maryland is unparalleled. she grew up in northern virginia but settled in baltimore in 1970 where she worked first for the housing commissioner and later for the late mayor william donald chafer. during her years handling projects for the mayor, bailey developed a deep love for baltimore city and a true understanding how baltimore works. bailey became a creative genius at promoting and highlighting the many achievements of the city un
director during my first term in the united states senate. over the years, bailey has been a friend to my entire family, a trusted confidante, a reliable sounding board for my legislative district and statewide agendas. for more than three decades, i have been truly fortunate to have her at my side providing knowledgeable advice and a commonsense approach to many issues that face members of the house and senate. bailey is a people person, who understands how to work in washington affects the...
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we had only three budgets introduced in the united states senate. i'm one of three senators who introduced one. my budget balances in five years. senator pat toomey from pennsylvania introduced one that balances in eight years. rand paul from kentucky that balances in five years. we have to get one passed. as of right now we have no proposal from the democrats. at least no proposal from the democrats other than the president's budget which received zero votes this year and zero votes last year. jon: well the president wants to raise taxes on the wealthy for instance. is that going to solve the problem, get rid of the bush tax cuts? >> that is not going to solve the problem because we have to remember first of all, there is no such thing as a tax increase that affects only the wealthy. ernst & young predicted we'll lose 700,000 jobs even if we raise taxes only on top two rate brackets. 700,000 jobs. those are not ceo jobs. those are not top one percenters. those are people living paycheck to paycheck. bottom line we can't go back to the american peop
we had only three budgets introduced in the united states senate. i'm one of three senators who introduced one. my budget balances in five years. senator pat toomey from pennsylvania introduced one that balances in eight years. rand paul from kentucky that balances in five years. we have to get one passed. as of right now we have no proposal from the democrats. at least no proposal from the democrats other than the president's budget which received zero votes this year and zero votes last year....
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in other words, the united states of america is totally unified around -- on this issue of an open structure, a multistakeholder approach that has guided the internet over the past two decades. the senate resolution before us today, mr. speaker, makes a minor technical change to a resolution that the house passed unanimously in august by a vote of 414-0. i have no objection to this change and i ask my colleagues to support this bipartisan measure. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady from tennessee is recognized. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i yield four minutes to the jamplet oregon, mr. -- gentleman from oregon, mr. walden, who is chairman of the subcommittee on telecommunications and the internet. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from oregon is recognized for four minutes. mr. walden: i thank my colleague and friend for the time. i rise today in support of senate concurrent resolution 50, which as you have heard opposes international regulation of the internet. it's virtually identical to t
in other words, the united states of america is totally unified around -- on this issue of an open structure, a multistakeholder approach that has guided the internet over the past two decades. the senate resolution before us today, mr. speaker, makes a minor technical change to a resolution that the house passed unanimously in august by a vote of 414-0. i have no objection to this change and i ask my colleagues to support this bipartisan measure. i yield back the balance of my time. the...
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. >> i'm talking about the top democrats in the united states senate that say -- >> he just doesn't like it. >> he doesn't want to talk to us. he doesn't like us. he doesn't want to deal with us. >> when you're in politics and you run for president, that's the problem. and there are some things you've got to do. i'm sure they don't want to stand in receiving lines and greet thousands of people this christmas season, but they do that. >> they do it, yeah. steve, we're not piling this all on the president. you have republicans that haven't wanted to make a deal for a very long time. and i guess the question is, how do you make the deal? do you start by getting -- because barack obama said -- and, again, all due respect, he couldn't be any more wrong. he said, you don't get this done by sitting in a room. yes, you do. yes, you do. you're a businessman. you know. that's how you get the deal done. what can you live with? >> i think the problem, though, that the president may have been alluding to is everything we've just been saying, for him to sit in a room with john boehner doesn't necessar
. >> i'm talking about the top democrats in the united states senate that say -- >> he just doesn't like it. >> he doesn't want to talk to us. he doesn't like us. he doesn't want to deal with us. >> when you're in politics and you run for president, that's the problem. and there are some things you've got to do. i'm sure they don't want to stand in receiving lines and greet thousands of people this christmas season, but they do that. >> they do it, yeah. steve,...
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i would really love to see her join the ranks of the united states senate and get rid of scott brown. 1-866-55-press. >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." keith in milwaukee your eaten "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: hi, stephanie, how is it going guys? i wanted to slip in that reince priebus is my facebook friend. >> stephanie: wow. >> caller: wow. yeah. the thing that democrats really have to point out is the fact that not only has president obama offered up cuts in the -- cuts in the tax increases that helped bring the deficit in the first place but he's already clocked out around $2 trillion in spending cuts and interest decreases over the next ten years. now, as we know, the republicans have run and beaten the democrats on this idea that they're going to cut things, that they're going to find waste and eliminate it. well guys, now is your chance! step up to the microphone. what exactly are the cuts? it is funny. we're not hearing anything from these guys after they talked about it for so long. >> stephanie: exactly. that's what the white house is saying. the b
i would really love to see her join the ranks of the united states senate and get rid of scott brown. 1-866-55-press. >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." keith in milwaukee your eaten "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: hi, stephanie, how is it going guys? i wanted to slip in that reince priebus is my facebook friend. >> stephanie: wow. >> caller: wow. yeah. the thing that democrats really have to point out is the fact that not only...
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news that the president may nominate united states un ambassador susan rice to secretary of state. how do you think it will play out? >> nomination fights to begin a second term is not a good thing. fdr needed senate approval and that derailed his first. president bush had the fight with john tower in the first term. not a great way to start it. foreign policy is usually the time presidents get tripped up. it happened with truman and rgan and bush in iraq. foreign policy surprises can derail a second term. the president will have to be careful of benghazi. >> gretchen: you would think if they were concerned about legacy they would do things they know they can control. nick, thank you for your thoughts. >> thank you. >> gretchen: she should have died, the cheerleader who fell 40 feet from a window . he used the gun to save his boss. how was he rewarded? he was fired. happy birthday to johnnie resneck of the goo-goo dolls. he's 47. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> now that the election is over i am getting the impression that president obama is getting a little cocky. >> working to get public support
news that the president may nominate united states un ambassador susan rice to secretary of state. how do you think it will play out? >> nomination fights to begin a second term is not a good thing. fdr needed senate approval and that derailed his first. president bush had the fight with john tower in the first term. not a great way to start it. foreign policy is usually the time presidents get tripped up. it happened with truman and rgan and bush in iraq. foreign policy surprises can...